Chelon aurata Golden grey mullet

Chelon auratais commonly referred to as Golden grey mullet. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 4934
AphiaID:: 126978

Scientific:: Chelon aurata
German:: Gold-Meeräsche
English:: Golden Grey Mullet

Category:: Mullets

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Actinopteri (Class) > Mugiliformes (Order) > Mugilidae (Family) > Chelon (Genus) > aurata (Species)
Initial determination:: (Risso, ), 1810

Occurrence:: Straße von Gibralta, Russland, the Black Sea, the North Sea, Algeria, Azores, East-Atlantic Ocean, Egypt, European Coasts, Israel, Madeira, Morocco, Portugal, Scandinavia, Spain, the British Isles, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Archipelago, the Isle of Man, the Mediterranean Sea
Sea depth:: 10 - 20 Meter
Habitats:: Brackish water, Freshwater, Seawater, Sea water
Size:: 11.81" - 23.23" (30cm - 59cm)
Temperature:: °F - 86 °F (°C - 30°C)
Food:: Algae, Amphipods, Aquatic plant, Copepods, Daphnia salina, Detritus, Insects, Invertebrates, Ostracodes (seed shrimps), Phytoplankton, Sea squirts, Snails, Worms, Zoobenthos, Zooplankton
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: Not available as offspring
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Least concern (LC)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Chelon bispinosus
Chelon labrosus
Dicklippige Meeräsche
Chelon macrolepis
Chelon melinopterus
Chelon parsia
Chelon planiceps
Meeräsche
Chelon subviridis

More related species in this lexicon:

Chelon aurata
Gold-Meeräsche

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-01-02 19:01:33
Last edit:: 2022-07-16 13:40:55

Info

(Risso, 1810)

Distribution:
Eastern Atlantic: Scotland to Cape Verde; in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.
Also in coastal waters from southern Norway to Morocco, rare off Mauritania.

Biology:
Neritic, entering lagoons and lower estuaries, rarely entering fresh water.
Feed on small benthic organisms, detritus, and occasionally on insects and plankton. Reproduction takes place in the sea, from July to November.
Oviparous, eggs are pelagic and non-adhesive.

Synonyms:
Liza auratus (Risso, 1810)
Mugil auratus Risso, 1810
Mugil breviceps Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil cryptocheilos Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil cryptochilus Valenciennes, 1836
Mugil lotreganus Nardo, 1847
Mugil maderensis Lowe, 1839
Mugil octoradiatus Günther, 1861

External links

FishBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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